Electrotype or type carrier for printing-forms.



No. 762,665. v PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

. E. STINE.

BLEOTROTYPE OR TYPE CARRIER FOR PRINTING FORMS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 22. 1903.

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PATENT OF ICE.

EDWARD STINE, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO TRAOY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A OORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

ELECTRO TYPE OR TYPE CARRIER FOR PRINTING-FORMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,665, dated J'une 14, 1904.

Application filed April 22, 1903.

To all, Tull/m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD STINE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of .New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrotype or Type Carriers for Printing-Forms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a type or electrotype carrier for use in connection with printing-forms, stereotype or electrotype plates, and the like, the object being to enable one or more electrotypes', types, or similar printing devices to be changed and others substitutedwithout the necessity of removing the entire form from the cylinder or bed or without making a new form or without requiring a second impression; and the invention consists, essentially, in the construction and combination, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 'is a sectional view of a portion of an electrotypeplate for a cylinder-press, said plate being provided with my improved type-carrier. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line m m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a type-carrier with a couple of electros therein. Fig. 4 is another perspective view of a carrier having a slightly different shape.

Like numerals of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

1 denotes a portion of a printing-cylinder, given here simply by way of example. On this, adapted to be locked thereto in any suitable or usual way, is an electrotype, stereotype, or otherprinting-plate 2.

For many kinds of printing a small portion of the form comprising'serial numbers or designatory letters or characters requires to be frequently changed, inasmuch as only a comparatively few impressions of said portion of the form are needed, though it is desirable to use the remainder of the form for a very large number of impressions. This is particularly the case with counter sales books or slips, which are numbered with consecutive markings indicative of different things and Serial No. 153,778. (No model.)

groups of which may have similar designatory characters relating to some department or branch of the business. Ordinarily it is necessary to apply the serial or other numbers or letters by another press or by subjecting the sheets to a second printing action, which greatly increases the labor and expense. I avoid this by providing a box or carrier supporting one or more types that are easily removed and substituted with others when the number or character is to be changed.

The plate 2 is provided with one or more slots or openings 3, wherein I place the carriers 4, one being shown in Fig. 3 and another of slightly different shape in Fig. 4. The carrier has a bottom 6 and sides 5 5. The ends are open, as also the top, and the bottom 6 projects beyond the sides 5. Said sides 5 are inclined. The Whole carrier is preferably fashioned out of a single integral piece of sheet spring steel or metal by stamping or otherwise. When the carrier 4 is inserted in opening 3 from the under side of plate 2, the sides 5 extend from end to end of opening 3, while the bottom 6 lies underneath the plate 2 and on whatever bed or cylinder supports plate 2, the ends of bottom 6 projecting under said plate 2, so that the carrier cannot be withdrawn from the opening 3 011 the face or printing side of the plate. In the carrier are the electros 7 7, having preferably the beveled edges 8, against which the carrier sides 5 grip tightly to hold the electros 7 in place. Obviously one or both of the electros or types 7 may be withdrawn whenever desired and others substituted in lieu thereof. The with drawal of the electros or types is accomplished by any suitable extracting implement or meansas, for instance, an ordinary pair of tweezers or grippers used to lay hold of the electros individually and remove them from the carrier, which is easily done, the yielding springpressure of the sides being readily overcome. Thus the form may be used to make the required number of impressions with one serial number, and then by merely altering the number the printing may be continued with the form unchanged in other respects, making the required number of impressions with the second number and character, and so on.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with an electrotype, stereotype, or other similar plate, having a slot or opening, of a type-carrier consisting of a metallic frame having a bottom and yielding inclined sides, said bottom having its ends projecting beyond the length of the sides, so that the said ends may lie beneath the printing-form when the carrier is in position, to prevent the carrier from being withdrawn on the face or printing side of the plate.

2. The combination with a slotted printing form or plate, of a type-carrier consisting of a metal box having yielding inclined sides for receiving type between them, and a bottom whose ends project beyond the length of the sides, said projecting ends lying beneath the printing-form so that the carrier cannot be withdrawn on the face or printing side of said form.

8. A type-carrier consisting of a metallic frame or box made of a single piece of metal and having yielding inclined sides and a bottom which is longer than the sides to provide projecting ends, which ends lie beneath the printing form or plate to prevent the withdrawal of the carrier on the printing side of the plate, in combination with an electrotype,

stereotype or other plate having a slot to receive the carrier.

Signed at New York city this 17th day of April, 1903. V

EDWARD STINE.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. HAzEL'roN, A. E. SAMUELS. 

